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The majority of the emergency calls for apartments like Civic Square are medical related; by extension, quick response is vital. The Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department relies upon the existing driveways of the Civic Square apartments for quick response given the number and locations of apartments and carports. Therefore, removing driveways or portions of driveways, even if replaced by turnarounds and /or EVA's with bollards or manual gates, will delay the emergency vehicle response and, for this reason, is not considered desirable given the City's goal of short emergency response times. Photovoltaic Panels The leasing office building will have integral, roof mounted photovoltaic panels. The existing free standing solar pool heating panels will be located to the roof area of either the two -story or three -story apartment building in the central project area and will be updated with new panels. Staff concurs with the applicant's proposal. Traffic, Circulation, and Parking Traffic The proposed project will generate approximately 252 daily trips or approximately 20 trips during the a.m. /p.m. peak hour times. A traffic analysis of the Bernal Avenue /Case Avenue intersection and the Bernal Avenue /First Street/Sunol Boulevard intersection was not required for this application given its relative low trip generation and because these Downtown intersections are exempt from the City's Level -Of- Service policy by the Pleasanton General Plan. Staff notes that the Civic Square Apartments are within walking distance of the Pleasanton downtown, the Route 8 bus stops on Case Avenue for the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority (Monday through Sunday service to BART), and the Altamont Commuter Express train thereby reducing the number of vehicle trips between this development and these amenities and public transit modes. Public /Private Circulation and Parking Staff is satisfied that the driveway locations and configurations will continue to efficiently serve the overall development with the additional density. In sum, the project will convert 54 existing open parking spaces to 36 new carport spaces, replace 12 existing carport parking spaces, 2 trash enclosures, and to accommodate other changes to the site. The proposed project will provide 298 carport parking spaces and 278 open parking spaces for a total of 576 parking spaces at an overall parking ratio of 1.93 parking spaces per dwelling unit. Staff notes that the Civic Square Apartment development may have been constructed with two fewer carports than the number of units. An updated parking tally is required to be provided with the building permit. The Pleasanton Municipal Code (Section 18.88.030A.3.) defines the minimum parking requirements for multi family developments. Table 3, below, compares the existing and proposed parking for the Civic Square Apartments, and shows that the proposed parking will exceed the minimum parking required by the Pleasanton Municipal Code for multi family developments. During the course of its review, staff conducted random site Item 6.b., PUDM- 84- 21 -04M Page 12 of 17 March 10, 2010